Went ring shopping, when do you think he'll propose?

Chill out. He will propose when he's ready. Wishing and wondering isn't going to make it come any sooner, it's only going to stress you out and put even more pressure on him.

I know this isn’t the right answer but DONT WORRY ABOUT IT
He will make it perfect. He knows you. He knows the details to make it exactly what you want so trust him to give you a magical moment. Be surprised. Enjoy every bit of it.

You need to take like 8 steps back and relax. All you're going to do is stress yourself out or even worse, put too much pressure on your BF.

It'll happen when he's ready. If that's not in your timeline you have every option to propose to him.

I'm fine with it happening by August as long as it's enough time for planning. He already mentioned that he wants to be the one to propose.

Thanks everyone for your reassurances, I guess after talking about it and knowing it's coming it's exciting too. I'm still curious to know if anyone on here were right about their suspected proposal dates!

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I don't like surprises and my FH can't keep a secret anyway so I knew the date and place he was going to do it lol. I kind of wish it had been a surprise and more romantic though because it only happens once, so like every one said, don't worry and don't ruin his surprise!!

I did know like I was certain because my FH always thinks he is sneaky but he is not lol unfortunately because I knew I had to "fake surprised" that stinks. breath. keep your nails done. dress nice for every even Simi special occasion and be happy. enjoy this time before all of the stress, and start saving money now! lol

I knew it was coming but I didn't know the date. We talked about marriage all of the time and once we bought our house it was almost a daily conversation. I knew he had been looking at rings, but I didn't know which he picked (he ended up custom ordering). We planned a weekend trip together and he ended up proposing then. So, technically I knew it was coming, but I never knew the day, what the ring looked like, etc.

Just for reference....my fiancé and I went ring shopping in March. He proposed in November....

My advice, put it out of your mind for now!! Give him the time to do what he needs to do to mentally and physically prepare for it (ask you family/dad, plan the actual proposal, etc.). It's frustrating, but September is so close!

We went ring shopping in early January and he proposed in late July lol. He purchased the ring in April though, but I didn't know that. Don't get hung up on it.

@Christy
Yes, I was surprised that he actually wanted to talk to my parents about it. Only because it seemed very old fashioned and I didn't expect it to. He indicated he may have but he likes to mess with me and let me not know for sure. I think he may have because there were times I couldn't make it to family events with them where I know they were probably curious what his intentions are with me. Then in December my dad kept making comments about marriage, son, etc. so I thought I was getting a proposal in NYE lol but it didn't happen.

Thanks all.

Oh yeah, I had to know. I hate surprises. We discussed getting engaged on New Year's. I sent him rings I liked the next week and two weeks late we were engaged. We really wanted to start planning before we move in August.

Don't worry girl, it will happen.

STOP obsessing. I had a hand in my design of my ring right before the holidays. He wanted my help but I also spent the whole time obsessing on when it was going to happen. It didn’t happen on a holiday but he made it special as a stand alone day. Just enjoy the last few pages of the chapter of your identity as a “girlfriend”

My suggestion is stop freaking out about it.
It might only lead you to disappointment on those big dates that are important for other reasons.

We went ring shopping last winter, like Jan/Feb. I was SOOO certain it was going to happen on our vacation to CA in May...it fell right over our 2 year anniversary. And boy did I get cranky every time it didn't happen in the "perfect" place on that trip...the coast, the redwoods, wineries. But 2 weekends after we got back, he did it, at a state park about an hour from home. And as perfect as I thought those places were, it was important to him to do it somewhere that we can always/easily go back to as "our spot". So let him do his thing, and don't miss out on the fun things in between just because you think it should be The Day.

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Funny, that's where we plan to go too!

Me and my FH never really talked about getting married. We only talked about maybe twice. I had no idea he even had a ring. My parents knew in June when he asked my dad for permission (which was very important to me), his best friend knew the week before he asked but no one else knew. And he didn't ask until the end of August.

At first I had no clue nor did I suspect it. We planned a trip to Disney World with my family and his twin brother and never did it cross my mind that he would propose during our trip. But then people at work started saying "oh hes going to propose while on vacation since your whole family is going" but I didnt think about that before since we had been planning this trip for a long time. And then right before the trip I got the flu so there was no way he would propose while at Disney World while I was recovering. But turns out the day we arrived to Disney World he spoke with my parents and everyone knew it was going to happen sometime during our vacation.

In the back of my mind I kept thinking about what my co-workers said during the trip but I also was recovering from the flu so I didnt think he would ask. Turns out he did propose and caught me off guard and was super surprised. I dont know when he even had time to go looking for a ring. If my co-workers would have not said anything I probably would have been completely surprised.

Sorry for the long post... but yeah like the people previously said dont worry about it... being surprised is the best feeling!!

I also think you should try to stop thinking about it. My friend and her boyfriend travel quite a bit together and on their most recent international trip, she thought he was going to propose but he didn't. We later found out he would've proposed, but he knew she was sort of expecting a proposal there and didn't want to lose the element of surprise. Let him try to surprise you! I mean, you can guess and assume, but try not to talk with him about it as it might delay the proposal.

It sounds like you have an exciting next few months!

When my FH proposed, I knew it was going to happen, I just didn't know when (which sounds like you!). He had actually asked me which ring I liked more (he was shopping online) and when it came, he hid the ring. I had found it on accident one day so I knew he had it, but he and I had already talked about the fact that he wanted to marry me a long time ago, and that he would propose when he felt I wouldn't expect it! He got crafty! He had planned a day with one of our friends from his job- cinnabon at the mall and window shopping before an evening of DND (we're nerds! ). I had no idea he even had the ring on him that day.

Point is, it will happen when you least expect it, and even if you don't like surprises, this is a good happy medium- you know it's going to happen, just not when, although you have a few ideas of when it could happen.

I’ll tell you my story!

So I had no idea my FH was going to propose the day he did or at all right this moment (we got engaged 11-16-18). I was actually expecting it to be another year or so. Anyway after I got of work I was home and he was out getting the heat in car fixed (so I thought) which did happen, but while his heat was getting fixed he and his friend went ring shopping. We share a bank account mainly for bills but will put extra money in sometimes just in case, so I went to check the balance to see how we were doing for the month and noticed a big purchase at a jewelry store (eeekkk). However it still didn’t register that he was going to propose that day or at all really, and I figured if he was then it would be a week later when we went to my home state to visit my mom (she raised me by herself so it was kind of a big thing for me). Boy was I fooled that same night he asked and I was sooooo shocked like I couldn’t believe it even though I had already seen the purchase from the bank statement. I just could not believe we were taking this next step like right now, I later find out after calling my mom to share the news that he had been talking to her all day about it so I was really happy about that too.